BEIJING—The University of North Florida will close a campus branch of a Chinese-run cultural institute, the latest U.S. college to do so amid criticism from U.S. legislators that China uses the institute to influence American higher education.
The Jacksonville-based university said on Aug. 14 it had determined after “careful consideration” that the Confucius Institute, which opened a branch there in 2014 to promote Chinese language and culture, did not meet the university’s mission.
